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Year 6 Get Calculating! lesson plan – Construction site

A lesson for Year 6 pupils to encourage appropriate and effective use of rulers, protractors and compasses whilst also exploring and reasoning about mathematics.

The activities can be used individually or as a whole lesson. A PowerPoint to support the activities is also available.

  • Part 1 focuses on the use of a protractor.
  • Part 2 focuses on the use of a pair of compasses.
  • Part 3 brings together the ideas and skills introduced in Parts 1 and 2 and makes use of the calculator to support the calculations needed to work out the sizes of the angles to be measured.
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    Part 1 lesson plan

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    Part 1 PowerPoint

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    Part 2 lesson plan

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    Part 2 PowerPoint

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    Part 3 lesson plan

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    Part 3 PowerPoint

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